First of all, the movie Padmaavat is not a love story. It a story about a battle between Dharma and Adharma. The fight for dharma is led by the Rajputs - Raja Ratan Singh and Rani Padmavati. Raja Ratan Singh comes across as a maryada purshotam kshtriya - a king who lives and prefers to die by following his dharma rather than violating it. Rani Padmavati's character begins as a warrior princes which then transforms into a devi or a shakti by the end of the movie. The movie portrays both of them in shades of Ram and Sita from Valmiki's Ramayan. Allahudin Khilji is depicted as a lunatic pyscho. Khilji is portrayed as a bisexual predator who kills for fun, captures and molests Hindu princesses and even shares a bathtub with his male slave Mallik Kafur. There are scenes which showcase Khilji indulging in domestic violence and even marital rape. The movie is all about the transformation of a Rani to Devi. The first test of Padmavati is when a princess bec...